By Alfred Koroma
The Inspector General of Police, William Fayia Sellu has provided an update on the recent killing of two fugitives who took part in the November 26 Coup, describing them as a ‘big threat.’
According to the IG, the two military officers, Captain Aiah Aba Sensie and Captain TL Conteh who were declared wanted following the failed coup last year, were preparing to stage another coup.
But the IG said Police had been surveillancing them for weeks. From their hideout, the fugitives had said they were ready to defend themselves in case of any attack on them, according to one of their audios police intercepted.
“We have been able to neutralise a very big threat,” he said. “They were neutralized because they put up resistance.”
After their killings, the IG Sellu said they found weapons at the fugitives hideout in Waterloo, together with printed black and white T-shirts designed with a logo bearing the inscription: ‘The Movement for the Liberation,’ written at the front of the T-shirts. At the back, the inscription reads “Social Economic and Political Freedom.
IG Sellu said the fugitives have been receiving support from outside with money being transferred for them through Ria Money.
Police have now mounted massive manhunt to capture anyone having hands in keeping the fugitives who were declared wanted by the State last year.
This is the second coup attempt security officers have foiled after last year’s bloody failed coup that left 18 members of the security services and three attackers dead during an effort to repel the attackers.
